Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris - Martin-chasseur à tête brune

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Alcédinidés
Genus
:
Halcyon
Species
:
albiventris

Descriptor

Scopoli, 1786

Biometrics

Size
: 22 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 48 à 58 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Halcyon albiventris albiventris (s South Africa)
Halcyon albiventris orientalis (Somalia to Botswana and Mozambique)
Halcyon albiventris prentissgrayi (se Kenya to Congo, DRCongo, Angola and Zambia)
Halcyon albiventris vociferans (Zimbabwe and s Mozambique to ne South Africa)

Foreign names

Martin-chasseur à tête brune,
Alción cabecipardo,
martim-caçador-de-barrete-castanho,
Braunkopfliest,
barnafejű halkapó,
Bruinkapijsvogel,
Martin pescatore monaco,
brunhuvad kungsfiskare,
Brunhodeisfugl,
rybárikovec čiarkový,
ledňáček kápový,
Brunskuldret Isfugl,
savupääkalastaja,
Bruinkopvisvanger,
alció capbrú,
łowiec brązowogłowy,
poljski gozdomec,
Буроголовая альциона,
チャガシラショウビン,
褐头翡翠,
褐頭翡翠,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas